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Sun, May 6, 12 at 19:38
| I just purchased my 2nd 10323 on eBay, and it runs great. After it sat for 2 weeks with a bit of fuel left, I came home to a garage full of fumes. Fuel seemed to be leaking out around the muffler cover under the deck. I posted a pic here: http://i.imgur.com/bnzKN.jpg and you can see it looks like white gasket material isn't where it should be.
My question is, does LB sell a gasket? I can't find it on their site. I find only the cover. Should I just remove/clean/replace the cover and add some silicone? Advice? Thanks! -JB |
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| You likely have a float valve issue as a root cause of the whole thing. |
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| First, pick up the back end of the mower and drop it from about a 3" height a few times. This usually jars the float loose. Now dump about 3 or 4 ounces of Marvel Mystery Oil in the fuel. Give it a good run and see if it has stopped leaking. Use the MMO in your 2-cycle mix can every fill-up. It's a good idea to put a fuel cut-off in the rubber fuel line to the carb and use it after every run. Also, be sure to add some Sta-Bil fuel stabilizer/cleaner to your mix, about 1 oz to 2 gal. Oh, yeah, the 'gasket' for the exhaust transfer pipe cover under the mower is of no concern and has no function. The box protects the exhaust transfer pipe (from cylinder to above-deck muffler) and the box cover is for access to the pipe. |
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| Thanks for the tips. I just wasn't thinking the problem wasn't even related to the gasket. |
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| Heh heh , you're preaching to the choir Saxman. My old LB was leaking past the needle valve, until I discovered the factory fuel shut off. I have been using your regimen of adding MMO since I acquired the 7072 6 yrs ago, I've have done nothing to the engine but rinse out the foam air cleaner, every once in a while. |
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